Huntington WV West Virginia
Frequently Asked Questions
At Harris Riverfront Park on the Ohio, within walking distance of the shopping district. Pullman Square and downtown are a few minutes away.
It is a nickname inherited from its founder, railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington, who laid the city out on a grid in the late nineteenth century. The wide avenues and commercial facades still carry that stamp.
Downtown and Pullman Square on foot, then Heritage Farm or the art museum depending on your taste. Ritter Park, south of the centre, rounds out a morning well.
A museum village in a wooded hollow south of town recreating Appalachian life of the past: log cabins, old trades, craftspeople at work. It is the most memorable excursion of the call.
A large park south of downtown, with lawns and trails along a creek, leading up to the Huntington Museum of Art on the wooded heights. The whole thing takes an unhurried two hours.
The river made the city's fortune, then nearly carried it away: the great flood of 1937 submerged downtown and led to the protective floodwall you still walk beside today.
The crash of the plane carrying the Marshall University football team, which killed 75 people. The city still carries that memory, and a memorial on campus is devoted to it.
The US dollar and English. Credit cards work in downtown businesses and museums.
April to October, the Ohio River sailing season. Autumn brings colour to the Appalachian hills that frame the valley closely.
Yes, especially thanks to Heritage Farm: the animals, craftspeople and cabins keep children busy for hours. Ritter Park also gives room to run.
